IN THE HIGH COURT OF KARNATAKA AT BENGALURU DATED THIS THE 7^TH DAY OF JANUARY, 2025 BEFORE THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH CRIMINAL REVISION PETITION NO.1397 OF 2019 BETWEEN:

1. SRI NAZIR AHEMED @ ABDUL NAZIR, SON OF ABDUL BASHEER, AGED ABOUT 61 YEARS, RESIDING AT ARALIHALLI VILLAGE, KUDALIGERE HOBLI, BHADRAVATHI TALUK-577245.

…PETITIONER (BY SMT. SREEVIDYA G.K., ADVOCATE FOR SRI. T.N. VISWANATHA, ADVOCATE)

AND:

1. THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, REPRESENTED BY ITS SUB-INSPECTOR, Digitally signed RURAL POLICE STATION, BHADRAVATHI, by DEVIKA M SHIVAMOGGA DISTRICT-577245.

Location: HIGH COURT OF …RESPONDENT KARNATAKA (BY SRI. DIVAKAR MADDUR, HCGP)

THIS CRL.RP IS FILED UNDER SECTION 397 R/W 401 OF CR.P.C PRAYING TO SET ASIDE THE ORDER DATED 09.09.2019 PASSED IN CRL.A.NO.5003/2019 ON THE FILE OF THE IV ADDITIONAL DISTRICT AND SESSIONS JUDGE, SHIVAMOGGA SITTING AT BHADRAVATHI AND THE JUDGMENT DATED 04.02.2019 PASSED IN C.C.NO.119/2018 ON THE FILE OF THE ADDITIONAL SENIOR CIVIL JUDGE AND JMFC, BHADRAVATHI.

THIS PETITION COMING ON FOR ADMISSION THIS DAY, ORDER WAS MADE THEREIN AS UNDER:

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE H.P.SANDESH

ORAL ORDER

Heard the learned counsel for the revision petitioner and the learne